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A. S. HUBBARD.

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UivtTan STATES PATENT Garten.

ALEXANDER S. HIBBARD, OF NEW [HAVEN CGNNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE L.CANDEE St GO., OF SAME PLACE.

OVERSHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 249,624, datedNovember 15, 1881.

Application filed August 6, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER S. HUB- BARD, of New Haven, in the countyot' New Haven andState of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvementin Overshoes 5 and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and theletters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the 1osame, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, iii- Figure1,asideview; Fig.2,arearview5 Fig. 3, a diagramshowing the pattern from which the upper is cut; Figs. 4 and 5, thepieces in- 1'5 troduced.

This invention relates to an improvement in the cut of that class ofovershoes which are made to come high up upon the ankle and open for theinsertion of the foot, one side of the 2o 'opening made to overlap theother 'and button in substantially the usual manner for the class ofboots commonly called buttonboots,aud particularly to that class inwhich the upper is made from cloth and the foxing and sole of 2 5india-rubber, the object being to cut the upper in substantiallyl asingle piece, whereby the usual seams are avoided, which detractmaterially from the appearance of the shoe; and the invention consistsin a shoe the upper ot' which 3o is cut in the form shown in theaccompanying illustration, and hereinafter describet.

As seen in Fig. 3, a b represent the edge ot' the slit or openingin theupper, which lies close upon the shoe and beneath the overlappingportion. It is cut in a line following substantially the centralinstep-line, and curved as thatline curves up over and above the frontofthe ankle. Across the top from b to c the shape is imma terial.Itmaybestraightorornalnented. From 4o the point c to the point d, whichis the opposite or overlapping edge of the upper, I preferably make inthe shape of a series of scallops; but it may be straight, following aline to give the required overlap. On the edge c d,

at a point immediately above the instep, and

where the upward bend onto the leg begins, I

cut a slit, e, inward to about the central instepline, that instep-linebeing indicated by broken lines and corresponding to the opposite edge,

part which corresponds to the quarter of the shoe is equidistant fromthe centerline of the back. The shape ot' 'the edge is immaterial, andmay be varied according to the style or shape ot' the foxing; but at thecenter, and iu order to give the bulging shape to the heel, the 6overtical slit It is cut upward to about the ankleline. This completesthe cutting of the vamp. The partA, as before 1nentioned,forms the toe;the part B, at one side of the vertical central heel-line, forms onehalfthe quarter and the underlying part over the instep; the part C, on theopposite side of the said vertical central heeLIine, forms the oppositeside or half of the quarter, and the part D D forms the overlapping legand instep parts, as seen in Fig. l.

In bringing the vamp thus cut upon the last the slit e opens, as seen inFig. 1. Into this slit a gore-shaped piece, E, is introduced, scallopedat its outer end, or shaped to correspond. to the remainder of thatedge, and secured. in the usual manner for securing parts of this classot' work. Into the slit h at the heel a goreshaped piece, F,isintroduced, as seen in broken lines, Fig. 2, and which gives therequired swell tothe heel.

In making this shoe the vamp is placed upon the last in the usualmanner, its cut permitting it to assume the requisite shape, as seen inFig. l, the point f of the toe part joining the opposite part at It, andthe edge from fto d united to the opposite edge from h to a.

The foxing G and the sole are applied in the usual manner, andpreferably' the heel part is shaped to extend above and so as to coverthe gore-shaped piece F. 9

rlhe slit h may be omitted, but the desirable shape or swell at the heelis best attained by making it and introducing the gore.

As shown in Fig. 3, the outline ofthe lower edge-that is, from f aroundthe toe to the opposite point, h-is cut with'reference to the foxing,and so that the foxing will simply lap onto the vamp; but if the shoe isto be made withoutafoxii1g,t1ien it Willbe understood that Theherein-described eut for shoe, consisting the material is to be extendedso as to reach of the quarter B, the quarter ('J, extending to onto thebottom of the shoe and be covered by form one side of the vamp, with theother side,

the sole. In this oase the general shape of' the A, projectingtherefrom, and with flaps D D', 15 5 pattern would not be changed. withthe gore-piece E introduced between said It will be understood that theoverlapping iiaps, substantially as described.

)art is )rovided with the usual button-holes Eind thelopposite side withcorresponding but- ALEXANDER S HUBBARD' tons, or that equivalentfastening devices will Vitnesses:

1o be applied. JOHN H. PARDEE,

I claim- CLARENCE G. AMES.

